Atharva Veda 7.79.2: Kanda 7, Anuvaka 8, Sukta 79, Mantra 2

Sukta 79

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अ॒हमे॒वास्म्य॑मावा॒स्या॒३ मामा व॑सन्ति सु॒कृतो॒ मयी॒मे। मयि॑ दे॒वा उ॒भये॑ सा॒ध्याश्चेन्द्र॑ज्येष्ठाः॒ सम॑गच्छन्त॒ सर्वे॑

Sanskrit recitationAtharva Veda 7.79.2

IAST Transliteration

ahám evā́smī amāvāsyā́ mā́m ā́ vasanti sukṛ́to mayī́me | máyi devā́ ubháye sā́dhyāś céndrajyeṣṭhā́ḥ sám agacchanta sárve ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

I, even I, am New-moon: unto me the well-doers come to dwell—these here within me. In me the Gods, both kinds, the Sādhyas, and all the Indra-headed, assemble together.

Translation

মই—মইয়েই—অমাৱস্যা (নতুন চাঁদ)। সুকৃত কৰোঁতাসকল মোৰ মাজতে আহি বাস কৰে—এইসকল মোৰ ভিতৰতে। মোৰ মাজতে দেবতাসকল—উভয় প্ৰকাৰৰ—সাধ্যসকল আৰু ইন্দ্ৰ-জ্যেষ্ঠ (ইন্দ্ৰ-মুখ্য) সকলো একেলগে সমবেত হয়।

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Word by Word

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: कर्तृ
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्

• एव: indeed, just
• एव: सम्बन्ध/निपात (emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• अस्मि: am
• अस्मि: कर्तृ (स्वयम्)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (असँ)

• अमावास्या: new-moon night (Amāvāsyā)
• अमावास्या: प्रधानेन विधेय (predicate-nominative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अमावास्या (प्रातिपदिक)

• माम्: me
• माम्: कर्म
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्

• आ: towards, unto (intensifier with verb)
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable (preverb) / particle
• Root: आ

• वसन्ति: dwell, abide
• वसन्ति: कर्तृ
• Type: Verb
• Root: वस् (वसँ निवासे)

• सुकृतः: the well-doers / the meritorious (ones)
• सुकृतः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun/Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: सु-कृत (प्रातिपदिक)

• मयि: in me
• मयि: अधिकरण
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्

• इमे: these
• इमे: कर्तृ/उद्देश्य (subject)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्

• मयि: in me
• मयि: अधिकरण
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्

• देवाः: the gods
• देवाः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)

• उभये: both (groups)
• उभये: कर्तृ (समुच्चित)
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: उभय (प्रातिपदिक)

• साध्याः: the Sādhyas (a class of deities)
• साध्याः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: साध्य (प्रातिपदिक)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• इन्द्र-ज्येष्ठाः: having Indra as the chief / with Indra as the eldest
• इन्द्र-ज्येष्ठाः: कर्तृ
• Type: Adjective (compound, used substantively)
• Root: इन्द्र-ज्येष्ठ (समास-प्रातिपदिक; बहुव्रीहि/कर्मधारय-भाव: ‘इन्द्रः ज्येष्ठः येषाम्’)

• सम्: together
• सम्: —
• Type: Indeclinable (preverb)
• Root: सम्

• अगच्छन्त: came, assembled
• अगच्छन्त: क्रिया (कर्तृ-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (गमॢँ गतौ)

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: कर्तृ (समष्टि)
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (not specified in the excerpt).

Devata: Amāvāsyā (as speaking deity/time), with Sādhyas and Indra-headed gods as co-present.

Chandas: Likely Triṣṭubh (requires metrical verification).

Mantra Rasa

Primary: adbhuta

Secondary: shanta